Sealing device.



No.781,517. PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905.

' 0.3. HAIDT.

" SEALING DEVICE. i

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14, 1904.

1 WITNESSES: IIVVENTOR maria? EJfaz'e'Zi,

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented J'anuary 31, 1905.

PATE T OFFICE.

SEALING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,517, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed September 14, 1904- Serial No. 224,422. 7

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDRIcK HAID'I, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Indianapoliain the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented anew and Improved Sealing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for sealing such gummed wrappers as envelops. Its principal objects are to provide a convenient implement which will simultaneously moisten the gummed portion and press the parts together. V 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention, parts being broken away, in use in sealing an envelop; and Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section therethrough.

designates a handle, preferably of cylindrieal form and being hollow to serve as a reservoirfor water or other moistening liquid.

The end ofthis handle at 11 is of less diame ter than the remainder and is closed by a plug 12, in which is a contracted opening 13. This plug alsoacts to hold in place the shank 1 1 of a blade 14*, said shank being bent about the interior of the end portion 11 and the plug forced within it. The blade is provided with a plurality of projections, preferably two in number and designated by the numerals 15 and 16, they both extending from one side of said blade. The inner, 15, is

adapted to carry a piece of suitable absorbent suitable quantity of water and the parts slipped together. Upon pressing the cap down upon the handle a certain amount of the liquid will be forced through the opening 13 and distribute itself over the blade, where the absorbent material will take it up. This projection' 15 may then be introduced beneath the flap F of an envelop E, and upon drawing it along the same the gum will be moistened, while the following projection 16 will press the parts together and complete the sealing operation, there being necessary but a single movement of the device along the flap to effeet a closure. It will be seen that the inclined edge 18 of the projection 16 directs the flap downward from the absorbent material beneath the projection, while the straight edge 19 furnishes an effective means for applying pressure. 7

Having thus described m y invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An envelop-sealing device comprising a handle, and a blade carried by the handle having projections at one side and being situated at different distances from the handle.

2. An envelop-sealing device comprising a handle, a blade carried by the handle having projections at one side and being situated at different distances from the handle, and absorbent material carried by the inner projection.

3. An. envelop-sealing device comprising a reservoir provided at one end with two adjacent projections, one of which has its edge adjacent to its companion inclined outwardly therefrom.

4;; An envelop-sealing device comprising a reservoir provided at one end with two proing projections at one side and being situated at different distances from the handle and the outer of Which is longer than its companion.

8. An envelop-sealing device comprising a handle, a blade carried by the handle having projections at one side and being situated at different distances from the handle and the outer of Which is longer than its companion, and absorbent material carried by the inner projection.

9. The combination with a hollow handle open at one end and provided with a contracted opening at its opposite end, of a cap for closing the open end and which is movable longitudinally of the handle, and a blade extending from the handle adjacent to the contracted opening and having at one side projections which are situated at dili'erent distances from the handle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES l lllllllllCli llAlll'l.

\Vitn esses:

ORIANA E. PILLEI, JOHN H. H. S'rann. 

